Legging



I 1,455,400 E. C. KEYES LEGGING May 15, 1923.

Filed 'Aug. a, 192i 1709972 802": fDW/A/ C. (Eras,

citizen of the L1 EDWIN o. KEYES,

' Lneerne.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, llnwix C. lierrs, Tl ted States, and a resident or" Elyria. i'n'tho "ornty of Loian undSta-te of Uhio, have i ented certain new and useful T iprovements in lieggingspot' which the following is a specification. l This invention relates to leggings," and sore particularly to leather legfings for protecting the lower limbs and feet of wort; men it'rom burns when working around blast furnaces and other steel mill plants,where sparks and molten'particles of metal are likely to strike them. ()ne object of the present invention is to construct a legging for this purpose that will closely or snugly engage the limb and fitoot of the weareriso as to prevent sparks o or'damaged by'sparks or hot metal striking it, and yet providing such material that will be sufiicientlylflexible to adapt itself to the limb of the wearer without discomfort to him.

Still another object isto provide a leg ing having improved fastening means whereby it may be fastened or unfastened in the shortest possible time, experience having shown that only a i'ew seconds are necessary to fasten or unfasten a legging constructed in accordance with this invention.

The above and other" objects will be brought out in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- K Figure 1 is a side elevation of a leggin embodying my invention, applied to the limo of a wearer. V I

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the legging applied to a large..- limb. i

Figure 3 is an elevation oi? the legging opened out to show the inside thereof.

Figure t'is a top view of the reinforcing steel secured adjacent thetlap edge oi? the legging, and showing the socket for there"- ception of the end of the reinforcing'steel secured along the other longitudinal edge of the legging. e

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the steel shown in Figure l.

Referring particularly to the drawings,

the leg covering portion A and vamp portion is sewed to the pieces 2' and 4t.

or ELYRIA, OHIO.

Application filed August 8; 1921 Serial 4 90,'31 1. C

of my legging are formed integralandcomposed preferably of chrome tannedfllsplit 7 leather cut in three piecesQ, 3, and 4:, which aresewed or otherwise secured to-j ther-with the exception of the abutting and i which are left I tree to form a vertical or longitudinal" open :Hlg to permit the legging. to be secured around the limb a wearer- 1 he pie 0 es 2 3"v and 3 are so shaped at their lower ends the they formanintegral vamp portion p eces dges-oi the pieces :4

The abutting longitudinal. edges oft-he. I I

pieces-2 and 4 along the legginglopeningfare,,

pr vided'with stiffening or reintorcing'steels 6 and 7, respectively, which are secured to the inner strips 8 'llhe piece 8 otthe. legging is provided; at a point adjacent its longitudinalfcenter I ot the pieces and coveredby; and 9 ofleather or the like ".Whicli' Y and approximately intermediate the 1 edges',, of the assembled legging with athird stiffening or reinforcing steel 10 whichis se cured thereto and covered with a strip 11" of leather or the like which is sewedto the piece'3. I The-'lower'end of the steel 6 extends out wardly through thestrip8 and is sharpened or'taperedasat 12 so as tofit within a socket 13 formed on or secured to-the lower end of steel 7 and projecting outwardlythrough the piece t or the legging, thusformin'g a quick securing device for the lower end of thelegging.

The upper end by a snap buckle of common design, composed of a tongue member 14 secured tothe piece 4L, and an apertured receiving member 15 secured to the piece 2 vThe member 15.is provided with a plurality of tongue receiving apertures so as to provide an ad- (if the-leg ing i closed justable closure for the upper end of the I legging. H I

A buckle 16 is secured at the lower end of the piece 2 adjacent its free edge and is adapted to receive a strap 17 which has its one'end secured to the lower endof the piece 3-adjacent the steel 10. The strap 17- is adapted to be secured in the buckle 16 to hold the legging down close on the foot of the wearer.

A flap 18 is secured to the. under side of the piece 4 along its free longitudinal to extend under and beyond the tree edge 2o y n and 1t beQOIl'l6S necessary to remove hls leggings, Another advantage and impor f the piece 2 when thelegging is adjusted to the limb of a wearer to effectively-close y the joint inade'by the edgesof the pieces 2 and 4%, thus preventing. any foreign matter such as sparks or hot metal entering said joint. 1 I

A rim like top member or band 19 is i secured around the top of the leg covering portion and is so cut and formed that its top edge is contracted to a considerably less" diameter than the top of the leg covers ing-portio'ii A of the legging, and therefore, 3 it Will snuglyengage the limb of'the wearer and effectively close the top ofthe legging,

To those familiar with steel mill operations,the advantages of this improved leg ging' will be readily apparent. The securing devices are such that it may be quickly fastened or loosened, Which is an advantage in" case the wearer should become injured tant' improvement*isfthe provision of the ,I'iap l8 and" bandit? which effectivelyp're- Vent the passage 'of sparks or hot metal particles underor behind the leggingythus minimizing the danger of burns to the earer.

v -Without departing from'the spiritfof my i "While, I have shown and describedlbut One specific embodiment of my invention in d'etaih-jldo not Wish tobe limited there to, since Various changesin material, combination and design of parts may be made invention as defined inthe appendedclaim. Itwillalso be understood that the Word steel if as iised in describing the reinforcingmembers 6, 7 and 10, is to be construed ariano.

to include other equivalent material's such as boner w I cla1m I tion open at one'side, and an integral vamp portion, said legging, being composed of .45

split stock leather, asingle reinforcing steel secured along each of the longitudinal edges of said leg portion, the lower end of one of said steels being adaptedio lit Within a 1 .socketon the other of said steels tdsecure 5O the lower end of said legging ,togethery'a L legging comprising a leg covering por third reinforcing steel extending longitudinally from top to bottom of said legging at a point approximately intermediate thelon'gi- 'tudinal edges of said legging; means tori ad;

ju'stably securing the upper end jof said leg ging together, a fla secured to they inner- :tace of said legging along its one-longitudi nal edge an appreciable distance so as to" protect the leg of the v vearer alongsaid opening, and a non-elastic top rim-likepor tion secured to the inner'face of saidleg portion adjacent-its upper edge and extending upwardly beyond saidleg portion an and sparks between, the legging and'the limb of the Wearer, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony Whereofl-I "have hereunto 7 set my hand.

EDWIN o, KiiYEsf 1; 5 

